Improvement in fountain-pens



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Letters Patent No. 99,635, dated February 8,1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

l'o all whom 'it may conce/rn:

Be it know that I, RICHARD H. CHLNN, of the city of .Washingtom Districtof Columbia, have invented a new and useful Writing-Pen, and I do herebydeclare the following to be an exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, andto theletters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure lrepresents the pen, attached to a cylinder with a piston, as afountain-pen. y

Figure 2 represents the piston-rod, and

Figure 3, its packing.

Figure 4 shows the cylindrical pen.

Figure 5 is a front view of the same.

Figure 6 shows the point of the pen, with a facepiece inserted,vwhenused as a fountain-pen.

Eignre 7 shows the shape of the point of the pen, when used with acommon pen-holder.

The nature of my invention consists in the shape4 and construction ofthe pen, being a cylinder,- with a slanting oval end, and taperingspring-point at the side, regulated ,by a screw and nut, and a notch atthe rear of the point.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap pen, made of metal, orany other suitable material,

.by which the writing may be executed in a very light or delicatehandwriting, or 4in a large and bold hand, the heavy strokes being mademuch larger and heavier than can be executed with the ordinary pens nowin use.

This pen can also be used as a fountain-pen, or be inserted in anypeuorVpencil-case, or Iany common pen-holder.

It contains and holds more ink than an ordinary pen, by which the writermay accomplish a vast deal more writing. I

It can be used as easily 'as an ordinary lead-pencil, and does notrequire the skill and care in writing as other pens now in use, and ithas greater elasticity and durability, and will last a man his lifetime;but in case the point may get dull, it is very easily sharpened, bydrawing the slanting end of it a few times` across an ordinarywhetstone.

To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation A represents the pen,that is cylindrical or tubular, with a collar, B, as a shoulder, tolimit its insertion,

and hold it firmly, when connected with a tubular handle, c, (containingink,) as a tbuntain-pen.

I thus use a tube, C, and slide into it the cylinderpeu A.

In the tube C I have a wire rod, as a piston, D, with a packing-box, E,screwed on to its end.

The box E is concave at top, so that by inserting the end of the pen Ainto an inkstand, and drawing up the piston D, the ink is drawn up withit, and the tube C is'filled with ink, as a fountain-pen.

The fro'nt end of the penA is slanting and tapering down to its nib orpoint F.

In the rear of tlie point is a notch, G, to give elasticity to the pointF.

rThe sides of the point are slightly compressed, and so held by a screwand nut, H.

A face-piece, J, is inserted into the end of the pen, above the nib F,to close the end of the cylinder A, (when used as a fountain-pcm) toprevent the ink from flowing too rapidly from the pen.

The ink iiows so freely through this pen that it does not clog at anytime.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'is- The shape and construction of the cylindrical pen A, having aslanting oval end, and tapering spring- `point F at the side, regulatedby a screw and nut, H, and a notch, G, in the rear, to be attached toany kind of a handle or pen-holder, as herein described.

RICHD. H. CHINN.

i Witnesses:

J FRANKLIN REIG-Aar. EDM. F. BRoWN.

